The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1887-06-10

country.
Look at our great men. W ho and |
what are GREAT men
Neither Warriors 81 conquerers are
the best men. They are only the in
~ iii The hands Of the Inyisi-
TX out. his plans. In this
EeS Vi age is ia strong contrast
t. the past.
The nummery of hero worship is
ben detected. Now we read the
lives az y HoWards 4 Nightingale a
Washington rather than an Alexans
} der Caesar.
But the coming of . higher civil
cation Is being heralded into5exist-
ence. Woman is receiving her just
honor Temperance is crushing out
the greatest vice Of all time, and
Christianity is making wonderful
strides toward her final universal
dominion. But what will this age
be? 1t will be the golden age.
We are on the eve Of wonderful
events. The day ID daWning when a
glad sunshine will spread from
Orient to @ ccident, when men of all
nations will awake from their bar
barous dreams and hail the Golden
Eraof Humanity.
sAid the daWning, tongue and pen!
Aid it, hopes of honest men
Aid it, paper! Aid ittypel
Aid it, for the hour is ripe;
And our earnest must not slacken
/ into play, F.1<
Clear the way
Mr.. Leroy Swan, of TylerHcounty,
next delivered an Grafton on 'Envir-
onment.' I
Mr.. Swan spoke Of all the infu-
ences that surround US and mould
our character. .F
We give u few extracts:
Man is il 4 constant relation with
|e,i otiec aRannd him Tie
retin \ " bis waking eve never ceases
to receive an image Of visual OBJ
ject; and his smell apprises him of.
the fragrance Of the rose. H
Every object is influenced by
every other object with which It'll
comes in contact. H#
Now the question arises, What
are some of those agencies which
mould US Of their own pattern? The.
most potent factors which influence
nations, according to q noted writer,
are climate, food, soil, and the gem
eral aspect of nature. H... #|
The fertile soil of the ancient ciV-.
ilization of Asia produced mex
haustible fields Of rice, and the allu-
vial deposits along the Nile afforded
a surplus to support men for mental
development. HI.
The golden days of Rome when
the wisdom Of sages cast q mental
halo around that central metropolis,
was proceeded by the inflow of
wealth from distant nations and
provinces. 5
And the amount of wealth depends
also upon the climate Of country.
And ones surroundings after
birth have an equal moulding inn
preston upon him. Lasting and
eternal impressions are wrought by
the teachings Of an instructor, es-
pecially those made BY our mothers
il our early lives. John Randolph
said only one thing saved him from
atheism and that was the tender re-
membrance when his mother taught
him the Lords prayer. Now, I'LL
human affairs we have noticed that
there is law, order and system, that
the law Of causation, Of antecedents
and consequents, is universal. AS
grayitation explains the movements
and positions of heavenly bodies in
space, as the law of the conserya-
ton Of mass explained the indie
structability Of matter, so might Hill
| the present conditions oflsociety be
accounted for BY natural law.
We can look into the dim
vista Of the far future and picture a
time when the suserstitious will be
taught intelligent explanations TOR
dreadful phenomena, when extended
intercommunications will make hui
mainly i unit, when men can walk
the earth surrounded BY good infn-
ences provided BY philanthropists
The Grafton of Mr.. T. G. Rector,
Oh Paint and Polish, = was peril
nent and pointed Mr.. Rector has
d vein of humor that always renders
him 4 pleasing speaker. This ora-